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  • RunnTV engages Sumit Chauhan as sales director

    RunnTV engages Sumit Chauhan as sales director

    MUMBAI: Digital sales has been his playground for most of his career. And now Sumit Chauhan has jumped on board the Runn Media Labs train as sales director. The Manish Sinha-founded firm recently got into bed with South  African media conglomerate emedia and got an injection of funding from it.

    Runn Media Labs is setting up a Fast media platform Runn TV, targeting Indian viewers with thematic and personalised channels.

    Sumit has about 15 years’  experience behind him with stints at PayU Payments, Times Internet, Fork Media Network18 Media, Bliss, and finally with HT Media Labs as the regional lead – north and east where he was driving sales for the aggregation platform OTT Play and Slurp.com.

    “This is an incredible opportunity to spearhead the hashtag#Digital Ad-Sales business for Runn Media Labs and to ensure steady growth and coverage,” said Smit on Linkedin while announcing his appointment. 

  • South African Tourism’s Brand Ambassador Jonty Rhodes Launches “My Travel Escapades in South Africa” travel guide

    South African Tourism’s Brand Ambassador Jonty Rhodes Launches “My Travel Escapades in South Africa” travel guide

    MUMBAI: South African Tourism Brand Ambassador in India, popular cricketer Jonty Rhodes, today launched “My Travel Escapades in South Africa”, a travel guide he has written in association with Lonely Planet Magazine India, to showcase the fascinating experiences in his home country.
    After the successful launch of Rhodes’ “My South African Diary” last year, South African Tourism looked at a completely new facet of attracting travellers to South Africa by announcing an unprecedented ‘Take Me to South Africa’ contest. The four lucky winners of the contest embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South Africa with Rhodes, who played the role of host and tour guide during this trip.


    From the country’s magnificent wildlife, iconic beaches, adrenaline pumping adventure activities, to its world-class cities, shopping, nightlife, food & wine, the chosen winners were at the forefront of some amazing, unforgettable travel experiences. Inspired by this awesome holiday in his home country, Rhodes penned the new travel guide, “My Travel Escapades in South Africa”, aimed at showcasing the varied, fun-filled, adventurous and experiential holiday offerings of South Africa to the Indian travellers.

    Talking about his travel guide, the charismatic Rhodes, who has proved to be a popular Brand Ambassador in the Indian market for South African Tourism, said, “There’s no other country in the world like my home country South Africa that combines varied natural beauty, amazing fun-filled experiences and cultural diversity so brilliantly. From the time I heard about the contest to the moment when the contest winners arrived in Johannesburg, I was ecstatic to explore the exciting itinerary put together by South African Tourism and to take the opportunity of showcasing my fascinating country to them. With this comprehensive travel diary, I have shared some of the group’s most memorable experiences through the two week trip. It was my pleasure to be their host and hopefully this travel guide will inspire and encourage more Indians to travel to and experience South Africa.”

    “It was an exciting step for us to get Jonty on board as the brand ambassador to promote South Africa in India. The travel guide is part of our first unique initiative undertaken with him to showcase the varied experiences offered by South Africa. Jonty’s love for travel, his passion for his country and enthusiasm to promote South Africa among Indian travelers opened up the perfect platform for this unprecedented initiative. We would like to take this opportunity to thank him and all our South African partners for making this initiative a great success,” said Ms. Hanneli Slabber, India Country Manager for South African Tourism.

    The “My Travel Escapades in South Africa” guide encapsulates Jonty and his group’s exciting journey through Johannesburg, Cape Town and surrounds, Garden Route, various game reserves, scenic winelands and the gorgeous city of Durban. The guide offers a 44-page narration of their extraordinary travel experiences across the magnificent country.
    “Last year, we joined hands with South Africa Tourism to bring you a unique look at this country, and we are delighted to once again let loose Jonty Rhodes, kickass cricketer, all-round nice guy and alarmingly enthusiastic traveler, in his homeland. He went further this time, in the spirit of a true Lonely Planet traveler, and played host and guide to the winners of ‘The take me to South Africa contest’ , we don’t know whether they played cricket on the way, but clearly they had a very, very good time” said Mr. Vardhan Kondvikar, Editor, Lonely Planet Magazine India.

    To further promote the guide, South African Tourism has partnered with NDTV Good Times as the electronic channel partner and Lonely Planet magazine India as the distribution partner. NDTV has captured the exciting South African journey of the four lucky winners with Jonty Rhodes in a three episode series titled “South Africa with Jonty Rhodes” scheduled to be telecast from 12th August, every Monday at 9:30pm. Lonely Planet will assist South African Tourism to reach out to the urban youthful reader profile of the magazine by distributing the travel guide with their September issue of the magazine.

    According to the latest arrival figures, South Africa received 106,774 Indians tourists between January to December 2012. This is an increase of 18.2% to the corresponding period last year.

  • South African golfer Brandon Stone signs up with IMG

    South African golfer Brandon Stone signs up with IMG

    MUMBAI: South African golfer Brandon Stone has announced that he has both turned professional and has appointed IMG, the global sports, fashion and media company for exclusive worldwide management and marketing representation.

    After a year at the University of Texas where he finished the season ranked second on the collegiate rankings according to GolfWeek, he will play in his first professional event at the BMW International Open on a sponsor‘s exemption. Ahead of his professional debut, Stone will also be signing deals with Ping and Titleist/Footjoy.

    Stone is headed to the US on a golf scholarship last year as the top ranked amateur in South Africa and has had a freshman year to remember, winning the 2013 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, the Bayou City Collegiate Championship and the Big 12 Championship. Last week, he was announced as the 2013 NCAA Freshman of the Year and a Ping First Team All-American.

    Named Golf Digest Amateur of the Year in 2011, Stone has represented South Africa at junior and senior levels. He served as a member of South Africa‘s 2012 Eisenhower Trophy and has amassed 18 titles over the past four years.

    IMG manages his fellow countrymen Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Branden Grace, Trevor Immelman and Richard Sterne. Stone said, “I have had an amazing year in Texas and I would like to thank the University of Texas Golf coaches and my teammates for their support. I am very excited to turn professional and get started with the next phase of my golf career. I spoke to a lot of management companies but IMG, with all of their offices around the world and many decades of experience, make them the perfect fit for me.”

    “Initially, I will need invitations to play and IMG has the global influence to ensure I get the opportunities to compete in the right tournaments to give myself the best possible chance to win cards in Europe and the US,” he added.

    “My first start will be at the BMW International Open and I am very grateful for the opportunity BMW are giving me and hope I reward them with a great performance,” Stone concluded.

    He will be managed by Duncan Reid out of the London office with assistance from Katie Gordine and Jacques Retief from IMG South Africa.

    Reid, who also manages Ernie Els and Branden Grace, commented, “We are delighted to welcome Brandon to IMG and believe he has a very bright future ahead of him. His achievements over the past couple of years have been remarkable and along with his fantastic golfing ability he is an extremely charismatic young man who will be very appealing to sponsors.”

    IMG Golf global head Guy Kinnings said, “Brandon‘s outstanding amateur record has established him as one of the world‘s best young golfers and he has the looks, personality and charisma to become one of the most sought after personalities in golf.”

  • South African distributor releasing Khiladi 786 and Dabaang 2

    South African distributor releasing Khiladi 786 and Dabaang 2

    MUMBAI: South Africa-based Ster-Kinekor that brings all the major movie titles from across the globe to its big screens across the South Africa,is gearing up to release two major Bollywood titles grace the big screen this December. The first film to release would be Khiladi 786 on 7 December while Salman Khan’s Dabangg 2 will release two weeks later on 21 December.

    Both films boast of big names and feature music and dance that is expected from blockbuster Bollywood titles. Fans in Durban can look forward to Khiladi 786 as well as Dabangg 2 at Ster-Kinekor Gateway, while Johannesburg audiences will be able to experience all the thrills and action of Dabangg 2 at Ster-Kinekor The Zone in Rosebank.

    Eros International‘s Khiladi 786 in which Akshay Kumar plays the hero Khiladi that also celebrates 12 years of the Khiladi film series. Playing the female lead opposite Kumar, in the role of Indu Tendulkar, is actress Asin Thottumkal. Mithun Chakraborty, Paresh Rawal and Himesh Reshammiya also appear in pivotal roles in Khiladi 786. The film, directed by Ashish R Mohan has been produced for HariOm Entertainment Company and HR Musik by Twinkle Khanna, Sunil Lulla and Himesh Reshammiya, who has also composed the music of the film beside being part of the cast.

    With Dabangg 2, Salman Khan returns to the big screen as Chulbul Pandey in the second adventure of one of the most successful franchises of all time in Indian cinema and, one of the most anticipated Bollywood films of 2012. Starring opposite Khan in the lead role is Sonakshi Sinha.

    The film also stars Prakash Raj as the negative lead while Vinod Khanna, Deepak Dobriyal and Nikitan Dheer are in supporting roles.

    The movie is directed by Arbaaz Khan and produced by Khan and his wife, Malaika Arora Khan, for Arbaaz Khan Productions in association with Shree Ashtavinayak.

  • South African Tourism launches new ad campaign

    South African Tourism launches new ad campaign

    MUMBAI: South African Tourism has launched its annual advertisement campaign in order to promote the destination in India.

    The 60 seconds ad film captures various activities, destinations and travel experiences that one look can forward to in South Africa and is being screened across leading multiplexes and cinema halls.

    The nationwide campaign is being undertaken across seven key markets in India for a period of six weeks. The ad will be featured during Bollywood movies like Ladies Vs Ricky Behl, Agneepath and Don 2.

    South African Tourism country manager Hanneli Slabber said, “Given the fact that Bollywood movies are one of the strongest consumer influencers and attention drawers, it is the best time to leverage the medium to launch an advertising campaign. It is also an appropriate time to start an annual campaign of this scale, with the New Year round the corner a time when people are planning to go on holidays or keep aside a budget for summer holidays.”

    “South Africa as a destination is a complete family package, the nation provides various forms of activities and travel experiences for every age group. Our advertisement has been able to brilliantly capture the same. We are confident that the advertisements will definitely tempt the Indian audience to consider a holiday in South Africa”, he added.

    According to the official communiqué, South African Tourism has witnessed an exceptional 22 per cent increase in Indian tourist arrivals to the country between January-July 2011. The month of July witnessed a total of 8,609 Indian travellers visiting the nation compared to 7,043 in July 2010. There has been an overall increase of 38.2 per cent in Indian arrivals between January-July of this year vis-?-vis the previous year with 52,588 Indians visiting the country.

    South Africa saw more than 8 million tourist arrivals in 2010, compared to just over 7 million in 2009.

  • Steyn, Morkel to do shark dive for cricket WC promotion

    Steyn, Morkel to do shark dive for cricket WC promotion

    MUMBAI: To mark the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2011, South African fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel will do a shark dive in the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo with the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy on 9 November.

    With the capacity to hold 10 million litres of water, Dubai Aquarium illuminates the marvels of the ocean floor and showcases aquatic life.

    The Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo has more than 33,000 aquatic animals, representing more than 250 species. Over 400 sharks and rays live inside this tank, including what it says is the largest collection of Sand Tiger Sharks in the world.

    The opening ceremony of the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup will be staged in Dhaka on 17 February 2011. Two days later, co-hosts Bangladesh and India will go head to head in the tournament opener in Mirpur on 19 February.

    Sri Lanka, the third co-host of the tournament, will open its campaign against Canada in Hambantota on 20 February 2011.
     

  • ABC to air special on Oprah’s academy on 26 February

    ABC to air special on Oprah’s academy on 26 February

    MUMBAI: US broadcaster ABC will air the special Building A Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy on 26 Februiary 2007.

    In a one-hour special, the talk show queen Winfrey brings to television the five-year journey of the creation the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls — South Africa. Viewers will see the touching, inside story of how Oprah turned her dream of opening a school for disadvantaged South African girls into a reality, including an up-close look at some of the life-stories of these inspiring students.

    Despite hardships, these girls all exhibit that intangible it quality and know that attending this Leadership Academy will forever change their lives, the lives of their families, their communities and the future of their nation.
    The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls South Africa is a 28-building, state-of-the-art independent school that engenders high standards of academic achievement and service leadership for girls.

  • South African broadcaster SABC signs TV rights deal with Fifa

    South African broadcaster SABC signs TV rights deal with Fifa

    MUMBAI: The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has been awarded the broadcasting rights for all Fifa competitions between 2007 and 2014, which include the two Fifa World Cup final competitions and the two Fifa Confederations Cups that are due to take place during this period.

    The next edition of the Fifa World Cup takes place in 2010 in Africa.

    The agreement consists of all main audiovisual rights for both free and pay TV as well as radio. In addition, SABC is committed to ensuring wide access for the entire South African media industry including potential sub-licensees.

    Fifa president Joseph S. Blatter says, “We are convinced that we have found in SABC a partner that can deliver the beautiful game to South African viewers in an excellent manner. Importantly, its coverage will go far beyond Fifa World Cup broadcasts since it comprises guaranteed coverage of all other Fifa tournaments for men and women and at senior and youth levels so as to promote all of the different facets of the game and strengthen women’s and youth development particularly in South Africa. SABC is joining our alliance to use football to build a better future. I am extremely happy with this momentous deal.”

    SABC says that it is committed to playing its part in ensuring that the radio and television broadcasts of the 2010 Fifa World Cup reach the largest possible audience. This contributes to its goal of national building and total empowerment of all African citizens.

  • South African Airways Open Live on Ten Sports

    South African Airways Open Live on Ten Sports

    MUMBAI: Ernie Els heads a high-class entry list for the South African Airways Open, which is being broadcast, live on Ten Sports beginning Thursday 14th Dec’06.

    Surprisingly the Big Easy has won the event only once before despite it being played in his home country and he will find it tough to increase that number against a top quality field.

    Fellow countryman Charl Schwartzel is in the form of his life presently and will be desperate to make amends for missing out in the Alfred Dunhill event last week where he looked to be on course for victory before putting his second shot into the water on the 18th hole.

    That mistake allowed rookie Alvaro Quiros to snatch victory and give him entry into this weekend’s European Tour Event where he will be competing against not only Els and Schwartzel but also Lee Westwood, Angel Cabrerra, Scott Drummond and two time winner Trevor Immelman.

    For the first time the event will be held at the challenging Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth and as always it is the course that is the biggest obstacle for any of the players seeking to claim first prize.

    Ten Sports coverage gets underway on Thursday at 17:30 hrs

    South African Airways Open Schedule:

    DAY DATE EVENT TELECAST
    Thursday 14/12/06 EPGA: South African Airways Open Day 1 Live
    Friday 15/12/06 EPGA: South African Airways Open Day 2 Live
    Saturday 16/12/06 EPGA: South African Airways Open Day 3 Live
    Sunday 17/12/06 EPGA: South African Airways Open Day 4 Live